West Brook Senior High School - Beaumont, Texas/TX

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West Brook Senior High School

8750 Phelan Blvd, Beaumont, TX, 77706-5199 -

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Definition of Terms

West Brook Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 8 - 12

County

Jefferson County, TX

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2419 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

162 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 782 students

Grade 10 - 581 students

Grade 11 - 529 students

Grade 12 - 527 students

This School

(TX) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(TX) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	6%	2%
% Hispanic	11%	37%
% Black	35%	13%
% White	49%	46%

Additional Student Information

This School

(TX) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

23%

32%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(TX) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Beaumont Independent School District

This School's Agency

(TX) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	35	5
Number of Students Managed	19,593 students	1,220 students
District Total Revenue	$170,881,000	$11,313,000
District Expenditure	$164,166,000	$11,189,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,722	$9,273
District Expenditure / Student	$8,379	$9,171
District Graduation Rates	82%	97%

West Brook Senior High School is the largest high school in the city of Beaumont, Texas. West Brook is located at 8250 Phelan Boulevard. It is operated by the Beaumont Independent School District.The school's official mascot is the Bruin Bear. William Daniels is the current principal.
History
West Brook was originally called Forest Park High School when it was built in the 1960s as part of the South Park Independent School District. South Park ISD was the target of a federal school desegregation lawsuit in the late 1970s, which it appealed unsuccessfully to the U.S. Supreme Court. Forest Park was ordered to merge with historically all-black Hebert High School, with the former serving as a senior campus and the latter as a ninth-grade center (which was eventually closed and then reopened as Ozen High School). Students of both campuses voted to select the name, and West Brook High School officially opened in the fall of 1982.
(The merger occurred at the same time that the original Beaumont ISD voted to dissolve itself and be attached to the South Park ISD, which later took the name of Beaumont ISD. The desegregation orders for the former SPISD and the former BISD were largely unaffected by the merger.)
The Girls Varsity Soccer Team
On March 29, 2006, the varsity girls' soccer team were traveling to an away game in Humble, Texas when their charter bus overturned outside Devers, Texas on Highway 90. Two girls, Alicia Bonura and Ashley Brown, were killed in the accident.
The team and their parents helped pass Ashley and Alicia's Law in Texas, which requires seat belts on all school buses purchased on or after September 1, 2010 and on all charter buses purchased on or after September 1, 2011.
2007 Bond Issue
On November 6, 2007, Beaumont voters passed a $390 million bond issue that included improvements at schools across the district. As a part of this bond issue, West Brook will receive a new roof, interior upgrades, a new classroom wing to replace the portable buildings, six new science labs, an upgraded and expanded cafeteria, an auditorium to seat 2600 students, an upgraded field house, and new exhaust systems, insulation, lighting, and fencing.
On January 11, 2008, the first set of portable buildings were moved to make way for the new classroom wing which will contain 6 new science labs and 26 new classrooms.
On August 25, 2008, all of the new classrooms, excluding the 6 science classrooms, were completed and opened for the first day of school.
Trivia
West Brook has a nationally recognized journalism program for its student newspaper (The West Brook Times) and yearbook (Bruin).
Alumni include former Buffalo Bills DB Mickey Washington, former NFL Pro Bowl nose tackle Jerry Ball, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman Frank Middleton, Meghan Miller, Chicago White Sox outfielder Jason Tyner, and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce.
The West Brook Lady Powerlifting Team won the National Powerlifting Championship in 2007 and 2008.
West Brook's football got their 5th straight Beaumont Bowl Championship by beating Central High School on September 6, 2008
External links
BISD
West Brook Stars
West Brook High School
SafeBuses4Kids
West Brook Girls Soccer

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